Sir John Robinson House&comma; Daybrook

Commercial Scaffolding

Location: Daybrook&comma; Arnold

Contract Value: £400&comma;000

Contract Duration: 18 Months

This project started life as access to re-bed coping stones and repair split or damaged window heads&period; Investigation by council engineers revealed possible structural weakness in the steel frame and a programme of remedial work was put together starting with the tower and finishing with the temporary roof over the north side lower roof&period; We were unable to found scaffolding on the roof when we scaffolded the tower so employed 1m deep aluminium beams spanning from Mansfield Road to the car park at the rear &lpar;around 25m&rpar; with further beams front and rear so that all elevations of the scaffold were clear of the roof and the massive loads were being transferred down to ground level&period; The temporary roof was another engineering triumph being supported by a massive scaffold frame and 90 tonnes of kentledge&period;